Middle East

WHO singles out Israel as world’s only ‘health rights violator’

Israel’s friends in the Western Pacific: Micronesia The World Health Organization (WHO) called for an investigation into alleged abuses of “mental, physical and environmental health” rights by Israel, the only country singled out during the U.N. agency”s annual assembly in Geneva. The motion was co-sponsored by the Arab Group of States and the Palestinian delegation,

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International, Middle East

MK seeks probe on whether Netanyahu took ‎€1m. from alleged French fraudster

Israel’s attorney general has been asked to look into allegations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted donations from alleged French fraudster Arnaud Mimran, to the tune of 1 million euros (about $1.1 million). Netanyahu has denied the claim. “We received a request from a Knesset member and it will be addressed and treated in the

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International, Middle East

Fugitive Rabbi Berland will finally be extradited to Israel

Johannesburg’s Randburg Magistrates Court ruled on Thursday that Rabbi Eliezer Berland is to be extradited to Israel, reports Walla news. Berland, who heads the Shuvu Banim sect, fled from Israel in 2012 after several women as well as a 15-year-old girl laid charges of sexual assault against him. He evaded capture in the United States,

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International, Middle East

Sanders aides pledge to push Democratic party away from Israel

While former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now all but assured the Democratic nomination this summer, her rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says the political revolution is far from over. As some Democratic officials fear, Sanders” claim may be more than an idle threat to the party establishment. Because of his performance in the

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Middle East, USA

For photogenic Jerusalem, a look at how locals first captured their city

Jerusalem has been photographed from nearly every conceivable angle, dating back to the 1830s, when the world’s first photographic images were captured on film. That photographic heritage is the subject of a new exhibit, “The Camera Man: Women and Men Photograph Jerusalem 1900-1950,” opening Thursday, May 26, at Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum. It was

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Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Israel’s contentious new civics textbook illuminates country’s divisions

From the moment a furiously contested civics textbook was published earlier this month, its critics’ focus shifted subtly — from the contents of the 500-page high school text to the omissions that Israeli reviewers now maintain reveal its discrimination. The textbook, “Being a Citizen in Israel,” marginalizes Israel’s Arab community and its secular public, mentions

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Wild fire threatens Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The Jewish National Fund issued the following news advisory on Thursday, May 26: In what has been described as the biggest fire since the devastating 2010 Carmel fire, a huge blaze broke out and continues to rage in Jerusalem and the surrounding areas. Fifty firefighting and rescue teams and eleven planes are attempting

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Middle East

U.S.: Lieberman Appointment ‘Raises Serious Questions’

The U.S. has expressed its concern about the Israeli government’s swing to the far-right after the appointment of ultra-nationalist former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman as the ruling coalition’s new defense minister. “This raises legitimate questions about the direction it may be heading in and what kind of policies it may adopt,” U.S. State Department spokesman

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Middle East, USA

Nasrallah: Lieberman is ‘crazy’

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday attacked Israel”s incoming Defense Minister, Avigdor Liberman, referring to him as “crazy”. Nasrallah made the comments in a speech marking 16 years since the IDF evacuated south Lebanon. “In occupied Palestine, the crazy and coarse Liberman has been made war minister by Netanyahu the extremist. I don’t want to

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Middle East